These interesting, amusing parodies of Mona Lisa were created by the Grade 5 students after they looked at several examples.

We looked at a large print of the Mona Lisa and discussed what the students knew about the painting.

The Mona Lisa is one of the most well known images in the whole world

Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa between 1503 and 1506 although some art scholars believe he worked on the painting as late as 1517

The painting is believed to be of Lisa Gheradini who was the wife of rich merchant Francesco del Giocondo.

King Francis I of France acquired the painting and it remains the property of the people of France and is on permanent display at the famous LOUVRE museum in Paris.

The grade 5 students also watched several, funny Sesame St videos, which were parodies of popular songs.

Then we discussed what a parody was and watched a few music parodies so the students could get a handle on the concept. The obvious first place to look was Sesame St as almost every episode has some form of musical parody. The students had a good giggle at these.

Once the students had an understanding of what a parody is they drew a 5-10 minute draft, in pencil, in their Art journal. The students then drew their parody on A4 cartridge paper and most used a photocopied face and hands of the Mona Lisa to complete their parody although this was their choice to use the photocopy or not.

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The students then chose a complimentary background paper to form a frame around their work and decorated it to match the theme of their drawing.

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Here she is a rock star on stage.

I was astounded with the range of situations that poor old Mona Lisa could be put into!

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Here she is riding a dragon!

Some of the ways the frames were decorated to match the theme were very clever.

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Here she is a wheelchair basketball player!

I hope you have enjoyed looking at these Mona Lisa parodies and the grade 5 students would certainly appreciate your comments.

Hi, I'm Shell, Welcome to the Back Art Room Blog which is about my Visual Arts program and its place in Primary Visual Arts education in Victoria, Australia. I teach Visual Arts at Cambridge Primary School in Hoppers Crossing so here you will find examples of my students amazing artworks, all sorts of things that happen in and around my art room, as well as my thoughts on Visual Arts education and whatever else I can squeeze in! I want to reflect on my own teaching and learning and interact, learn from and be inspired by others.

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